ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,720, issued on Nov. 4.
"Graduation cap with wirelessly controlled cold- cathode tube matrix display" was invented by Mahdi Al-Husseini (Enterprise, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods for a graduation cap with a wirelessly controlled cold-cathode tube matrix display capable of displaying text and complex pictorial representations. The graduation cap is comprised of a series of interconnected modules atop a circuit-board base plate affixed to the upper surface of a mortarboard or similar. A remote computing device transmits control signals via a text submission or pictorial representation program over a...